This is an analysis of the poem Araluen that begins with:

Take this rose, and very gently place it on the tender, deep
Mosses where our little darling, Araluen, lies asleep. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeXbbff gghhiibbccXddffeeaacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101110101010101 10111010100101 101010101011111 111011101010001 001101101110101 101011100010101 101010101010101 111110101110111 100011101111101 101011101010001 1 1011010101010101 10111001111101 101011101010101 101010101010101 111111100011111 111010110011101 111111101110101 100010101000101 101010101010101 101001110010001 10101001011100 011011101011101 101110011110101 011011101010111 111110111011101 101010101010101 101111101010101 101000101010101 111111111110111 111110111111101 110111101011111 101110101110001 1111101010100010 1010111010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 739
  • Average number of words per stanza: 137
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, other, we, of, you, your are repeated.

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